Receptacle for flash-light powder.



No. 776.720. PATENTBD DEC. 6, 1904. H. H. BOWEN.

REGBPTAGLE FOR FLASH LIGHT POWDER.

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Patented December 6, 1904:.

PATENT @FFICIE.

HANDY H. BOWEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RECEPTACLE FOR FLASH-LIGHT POWDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,720, dated December 6, 1904.

Application filed April 14:, 1904.

T0 ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANDY H. BOWEN, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Flash- Light Powder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in receptacles for flash-light powder; and its object is to produce a device of this class which shall have certain advantages,which will appear more fully and at large in the course of this specification.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, which are clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described herein.

In the aforesaid drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device with a pasteboard reflector in place. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the reflector removed, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

-Referring to the drawings, A indicates the bottom plate of my improved device,the same being circular in form. At the outer edge of p the plate A is a peripheral flange B, slightly flared outward from the base, as indicated. At the center of the plate A is a circular ring C, concentric with the peripheral flange B and of substantially the same height. The flange B is provided with two notches b at the opposite ends of a chord slightly less than the diameter of said flange, and the ring C is provided with a radial lug 0, bisecting the shorter The ends of the shorter arcof the flange B are provided with small sharp spurs 6, extending into the notches, and the radial lug c is provided with a similar spur 0 extending toward the flange B.

In using my improved device as a receptacle for flash-light powder the powder is placed inside the ring C and the cup inclosed there- Serial No 203,074. (No model.)

by, and a pasteboard or paper reflector is placed in position as illustrated in Fig. 1, the same being held in place by the notches I) and the lug 0. The spurs b 0 enter thebody of the paper or pasteboard and prevent the same from slipping out of place.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A device of the class described, comprising a suitable plate, a central ring forming with said plate a'cup, a radially-projecting lug on said ring, and a peripheral flange on said plate having notches to cooperate with said lug.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a suitable plate, a central ring forming with said plate a cup, a radially-projecting lug on said ring, a peripheral flange on said plate having notches symmetrically disposed with reference to said lug, and a projecting spur on said lug.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a suitable plate, a central ring form-,

ing with said plate a cup, a radially-projecting'lug on said ring, a peripheral flange on said plate having notches symmetrically disposed with reference to said lug, a projecting spur on said lug, and spurs projecting into said notches from the ends of the shorter arc of the peripheral flange.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for Letters Patent, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 11th day of April, A. D. 1904:.

HANDY H. BOWEN Witnesses:

CHAS. O. SHERVEY,

RUssELL WILES. 

